Oh…you had to spoil it by mentioning the price!
Just been googling how much I can sell my childrens kidneys for.

More than I would ever pay for a car (new), but the technology is definately a step forwards from pure diesel/petrol engine.

My 1998 volvo v40 2.0CD.
Sold it a couple of years ago with 175000 on the clock and still running well.

My wife classes it as “her” first car as I gave it to her as a practice car when she passed her test in 2010.

Brave woman and I wish her a speedy recovery.

Lamy are my fave pens.
I have a Lamy 2000 which can be picked up for a little over £100.
However, for pure writing and use you can’t beat the Lamy Studio in stainless steel.
£35 a pen and write brilliantly with a good weight.
I used extra fine nibs in my lamy pens.
The studios are good pens too, but I find them too light to use.

Bought myself an orange one. Looks an ace item of clothing.

You could maybe save another £50 or so, but with the pc specced you have a fair compromise on spec, ie as cheap as possible without being nasty or quickly obsolete.

An ebay ex business pc will be hopeless for games, the card just wont hack it.

Happy shopping.

Processor:
http://www.cclonline.com/product/26600/HDZ965FBGMBOX/CPUs/AMD-Phenom-II-X4-965-Black-Edition-3-4GHz-Quad-Core-Processor/CPU1046/

Mobo:
http://www.cclonline.com/product/77029/GA-970A-DS3/Motherboards/Gigabyte-GA-970A-DS3-AMD-970A-Socket-AM3-DDR3-PCI-Express-ATX-Motherboard/MBD0350/

Memory:
http://www.cclonline.com/product/36069/TW3X4G1333C9A/Desktop-Memory/4GB-Corsair-XMS3-1333MHz-DDR3-Dual-Channel-Memory-Kit/RAM5965/

Graphics card (i have this same one…its ace and makes most difference to games):

http://www.cclonline.com/product/96850/CCL-Choice-7770-1GB/Graphics-Cards/CCL-Value-Choice-7770-OEM-Graphics-Card/VGA0887/

1tb hdd:
http://www.cclonline.com/product/89645/WD10EZRX/Hard-Drives/Western-Digital-Green-1TB-SATA-III-6-Gbps-64MB-3-5-inch-Hard-Drive-Internal-/HDD1549/

2tb is not much more!

Case….just one of many to choose from!

http://www.cclonline.com/product/54405/RC-342-KKN1-GP/Cases/Cooler-Master-Elite-342-Mini-Tower-Chassis/CAS1405/

Psu…big fan of corsair in our house, cool, quiet and reliable:

http://www.cclonline.com/product/96476/CP-9020048-UK/Power-Supplies/Corsair-CX600-Builder-Series-600-Watt-ATX-PS/2-Power-Supply-Unit/PSU0480/

Also…..dont forget keyboard and mouse.
A backlit keyboard will add much kudos to kids and my son loves his £30 ratz mouse.

Above is a mere suggestion. For cheap pc I think AMD is the way to go. The motherboard above will take the very latest amd processors so you an upgrade in a couple of years to speed up even more.

Give us thoughts on budget and we can all pitch in with advice, some of which might even be useful!

I have a work supplied 4s and its great. If I was buying my own phone today it would be an HTC One in an instant. They are a truly stunning phone and much nicer than the plastic Samsung. HTC have gone all out to produce a premium phone to get ahead of the pack and regain market share. The HTC One achieves this, but with a smaller marketing budget than the Big S and the mighty Apple their phones are less popular at the moment.

Have Acronis 2013. No luck so far as it says it didnt create the VHD files so doesnt want to play.
Now I remember why I use my iPad so much!

Dont tempt me! How can microsoft make something as basic as replacing a knackered SSD hard drive so difficult.
I have faith in the collective brains of Singletrack to answer though, never let me down yet!

Other the BTFU solution, which having suffered 1970’s cars I agree with.
You could try here:

http://www.vanstyle.co.uk/shop/shades-focus-estate-p-3057.html

I have a set in my AudiA2 fit is very good and you can even wind down the rear windows with them fitted.
Removed in seconds if need be. Brill product and quality.

Sad news. RIP.

Either mini or ipad 4.

Currently paying £12 a month for full pack (including movies but not sport). Broadband and phone with plusnet.
I cancelled SKY at the end of october (due to cost)and two weeks before christmas got a flyer in the post “75% off for a year”.
At that price its fair value.
So I now have sky and HD again (75% off HD too…separate email last month). If they can hold that price I will keep it, but I would not pay more than £15-20 a month for something that is still less good than the BBC. Will have to see how much they want my business when I ring them in November to cancel/haggle.

It can can certainly get better as the kids get older, take date nights and leave the kids at home for an afternoon (once old enough and sensible enough).
However, it can also get worse with time if there is something more deep rooted.

Sounds from your initial post that you are expecting a spark to be there without putting effort in to reignite it (could be unfair there?).

Relationships are about putting in enough and getting back enough, its not a magic formula, but if both parties put themselves into the relationship then the effects magnify.

I think its natural for many (all?) long term relationships to have wobbly months or years, you have to get through them and recreate the good stuff.

Good luck.

Not a vocational teacher then!

Established middle apparently.
Knowing lots of people, owning a home seem to have swung it.

Miranda, funny simple slapstick comedy.
Big fans of it in our house.

The one I never liked as a comedy was “The Thick of It”.
Always struck me as low brow humour with a high brow wrapping.

On the flipside, absolutely love the old Yes Minister.

However Victoria Coren… Now there is a funny woman.

Copperslip is what I would use.

Not sure if its the router, but the conection is nothing like as consistent as with Sky.

Just had a look at my old vice. It came with the house.
Its a woden 192 woodworkers vice.

Plusnet FTTC here. Not impressed. Going back to SKY after contract finishes.

Always been a big fan of Casio. The Ediface range do look good. The casio oceanus range is right up there with tag in terms of build quality, saphire glass, waveceptor and solar too!

Hey, I am a dodgy family on W Yorkshire. Can you check with the solicitor as the funds have not reached my account yet 😉

You need a better road bike 🙂

Greybeard has it right!

If you have made reference to the website or to the descriptions used on the website (or if you selected from pictures using a dropdown tickbox etc) then the images on the website are part of the contract. If they are substantially different then its fair to class these differences as a breach of a condition of the contract. If the differences are modest then it could be a breach of warranty of the contract.

Wow, thats a good price for a great quality socket set. I already have a full set of Halfords professional sockets, otherwise would buy this.

Casio watches are brill, never yet killed one. Better than lorus or seiko.

Just need the birkenstocks.

Wow…lots of 40ths here. It was mine last week!

It’s not that bad Ted.
Favourite scene is kicking Bishop Brennan…or the one with fixing the car dents.

Fair Trade, UTZ and Rainforest Alliance at least ensure that growers make a better living than the average in their country and ensure that they are able to make a living (but certainly not western!) wage. For me thats a start, amd better than the alternative which is to leave them to the free market of unscrupilous commodity traders.
The oncost per cup is really negligable.
Also must say that I would take a McD coffee over starbucks any day.

I am another person in the turn it once camp. That way you can get a crusty brown outside, with a rare or med/rare centre.
The pan sauce (butter is also good) softens up the steak exterior as it rests. I like my steak outside to be really well done, with a juicy rare middle.
No need to oil the pan, possibly a little on the steak, but if theres fat on the steak I dont bother with more oil.

Surely that would revive even the most turgid of corpses.

Surely that would revive even the most turgid of corpses.

Brilliant episode.

So Perthmtb, has Yorkshire Tea made it out to the mineral rich extremities of your province?
Would love to hear if it has, it should be in Woolworths.
Mods: hope this is OK. Not aiming to advertise, just giddy to find from loyal STW users if the launch has reached the outlaying areas of the great continent of Australia.

I use my Ti leatherman more than my Ti bikes….so personally I would reserve judgement on me if I were you.
😉